Queens baton arrives in India

Marking the first big event on Indian soil for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in New Delhi in October, the Queen's baton for the event arrived on Friday, June 2010, at the historic Wagah border between India and Pakistan.Suresh Kalmadi, Navjot Singh Sidhu and President Media Committee Tarlochan Singh (L) during a press conference in Amritsar.

Marking the first big event on Indian soil for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held in New Delhi in October, the Queen's baton for the event arrived on Friday, June 2010, at the historic Wagah border between India and Pakistan.Suresh Kalmadi, Navjot Singh Sidhu and President Media Committee Tarlochan Singh (L) during a press conference in Amritsar.
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Ajay Singh Chautala, right, member of the Indian Olympic Committee hands over the Queen's Baton Relay to President of Pakistan Olympics Association Syed Arif Hassan at Lahore airport in Pakistan on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games is to enter India from Pakistan via the Wagah border.

Ajay Singh Chautala, right, member of the Indian Olympic Committee hands over the Queen's Baton Relay to President of Pakistan Olympics Association Syed Arif Hassan at Lahore airport in Pakistan on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games is to enter India from Pakistan via the Wagah border. (AP/K.M.Chaudary)

Ajay Singh Chautala, right, member of the Indian Olympic Committee holds the Queen's Baton Relay to handover to President Pakistan Olympics Association Syed Arif Hassan at Lahore airport in Pakistan on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games is to enter India from Pakistan via the Wagah border.

Ajay Singh Chautala, right, member of the Indian Olympic Committee holds the Queen's Baton Relay to handover to President Pakistan Olympics Association Syed Arif Hassan at Lahore airport in Pakistan on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games is to enter India from Pakistan via the Wagah border. (AP/Aman Sharma)

Suresh Kalmadi (R), Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, shakes hands with Pakistan Olymipic Association President Lt. Gen. Syed Arif Hassan (L) on the eve of arrival of the Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Indo-Pak Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar.

Suresh Kalmadi (R), Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, shakes hands with Pakistan Olymipic Association President Lt. Gen. Syed Arif Hassan (L) on the eve of arrival of the Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Indo-Pak Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar. (PTI)

Suresh Kalmadi (R), Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, shakes hands with Pakistan Olymipic Association President Lt. Gen. Syed Arif Hassan (L) on the eve of arrival of the Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Indo-Pak Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar.

Suresh Kalmadi (R), Chairman of Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, shakes hands with Pakistan Olymipic Association President Lt. Gen. Syed Arif Hassan (L) on the eve of arrival of the Queen's Baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games at Indo-Pak Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar. (PTI)

CWG Organising Committee Chairman, Suresh Kalmadi (sitting), renowned Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, (standing left) and Indian singers Wadali brothers pose for a group picture, a day before the arrival of Queen's Baton Relay for 2010 Delhi Games in India from Pakistan, in Amritsar.

CWG Organising Committee Chairman, Suresh Kalmadi (sitting), renowned Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, (standing left) and Indian singers Wadali brothers pose for a group picture, a day before the arrival of Queen's Baton Relay for 2010 Delhi Games in India from Pakistan, in Amritsar. (PTI/Aman Sharma)

Ajay Singh Chautala, right, member of the Indian Olympic Committee hands over the Queen's Baton Relay to President of Pakistan Olympics Association Syed Arif Hassan at Lahore airport in Pakistan on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games is to enter India from Pakistan via the Wagah border on Friday.

Ajay Singh Chautala, right, member of the Indian Olympic Committee hands over the Queen's Baton Relay to President of Pakistan Olympics Association Syed Arif Hassan at Lahore airport in Pakistan on Wednesday, June 23, 2010. The Queen's Baton Relay for the Commonwealth Games is to enter India from Pakistan via the Wagah border on Friday. (AP/K.M.Chaudary)